I wouldn't go so far as to say I support the measure, but there could certainly be a positive outcome. Despite the stereotypical "obese, white american", nonwhites are far more likely to suffer from obesity. If it cuts down on nonwhite workers, I'm happy. Whether through malice or incompetence, they claim the lives of our people on a regular basis.

One should not have to argue in an emergency room about how you need a white doctor. One should not have to tell the ambulance driver he needs to go to a different hospital so you can have a better chance of being treated properly. One should not have to be stuck explaining basic procedures to a nurse. One should not have to be screaming for help because the nurse is idly picking at her fingernails while your relative is dying (this happened right in front of me). One should not have to discuss with a supervisor how a nurse seemingly intentionally injured a family member with a lack of care in how a procedure was performed.

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Originally Posted by arkady

If hospitals want to encourage their patients to live a healthy lifestyle, surrounding them with grossly fat nurses is not the way to do it. It's like putting cigarette vending machines in every ward.

My problem w/ this is that they're using BMI to determine obesity. The BMI standards are incredibly flawed. They don't take into account a lot of things, one being muscle mass. We have a friend who is a personal trainer and would be barred from working at this hospital because of his BMI! He's really short for a guy, but solid muscle.

I would say that if someone's weight impedes them from doing their job properly, by all means they should not have that job. But I don't think you can just set this general standard and not take other things into account.

Well they can just do a physical test to see if the person can complete the job, plus it's pretty obvious that the muscle bound guy who is heavy in weight is not obese while the person shaped like a beach ball who can barely climb a flight of stairs with the same BMI is.

Obesity is a national health problem, and I think the hospital should look at obesity as a health problem rather than a lifestyle. Also, the hospital would be wiser to offer solutions to the community for the obese rather than punish them. I would guess the place is run by a bunch of arrogant and primping weight lifters who spend too much time in front of the mirror admiring themselves.

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Not going to continue long after the first lawsuit. Being fired due to obesity from a job was the one thing that the EEOC backed me on. As a straight White single male, they refused to back me in anything else, but Obesity... They sure did.

I am not sure wether it is state funded or not, I barely read the story also.

Private/Public only matters if the hospital receives no public funding at all. But, they can't legally discriminate either way. If anything, they have to simply find the fatties a job they can do, just as they would have to for other disabled people.

Like I said. This will last just until they have to pay out for a lawsuit.

Where does it stop?? Obesity doesn't come about through illegal activity. So what happens to obese people if nobody will hire them, euthanasia centers or just more people gobbling up free food from food stamps??? What's next, we fire people for indiscriminate fornication? How about we fire all the pimply faced teenagers taking orders at McDonalds? No wait a minute how about the people that are too skinny that sets a bad example because of bulimia and anorexia? Hey, I got an idea, let’s kill everyone that doesn’t have a job; you sure can’t fire them, they set a wrong example, and they’re a burden to society. Out of all of this I can guarantee you one thing…… eventually they will come for you.

This edict from the hospital will never stand. The Department of Labor will intervene and rule against the hospital and for any employees being barred from their place of employment.

Once upon a time, you could terminate a person if they had a wage garnishment filed against them and their place of employment. A federal suit was filed and terminations for wage garnishments were determined to be discriminatory because blacks received wage garnishments at a much higher level than Whites. So no more terminations for wage garnishments.

This will be the same thing. A lawsuit will be filed and the court will rule that it is discriminatory because there are more black obese people than White obese people.

Moral of the story: if your black, you don't have to pay your bills and can be a two-ton heffer and ol' Whitey will pay the freight.

Good. I hope it holds up. It never ceases to amaze me how many people in the healthcare field are obese. What a terrible example. The only thing worse is when I meet a doctor who smokes. You would think these are the people who know the horrible effects of cigarettes and carrying around extra weight.

Of course, one reason the healthcare field is so obese is because they have so many blacks. I surmise their obesity rate is higher than whites.

Black nurses maybe and they are generally foreign trained Nigerian nurses that can be had cheaper than domestically trained ones. Doctors though.... please I have dealt with hundreds of doctors and medical students and not one is black.